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Screenshot There is a recurring ritual in Nigerian politics: lose a party argument today, discover constitutional morality tomorrow, and arrive in court the next morning armed with an ex parte application and righteous indignation. It is in this theatre that the recent interventions by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must be understoodโand critically examined. The …
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On March 18, 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will walk into Windsor Castle. The flags of the Union and the Green-White-Green will fly side-by-side, the Household Cavalry will provide a rhythmic jingle of silver and steel, and the British press will dutifully churn out op-eds about โenduring Commonwealth tiesโ and โshared democratic values.โ But for …
There are state visits, and then there are state visits where you suspect half the delegation is nodding politely while mentally Googling, โWhat does entente cordiale actually mean?โ When Bola Ahmed Tinubu jetted off to the United Kingdom to sign that now-infamous migration Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria, one imagines the occasion was dressed up …
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Tinubu and Macron Nigeriaโs external debt diplomacy is a story of recurring cycles: accumulation during booms, crisis during busts, dramatic relief, and rapid relapse. It reflects shifting global alignmentsโfrom Western multilateral institutions and Paris Club creditors in the 20th century to Chinese infrastructure financing under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the 2010s, and …
